Social Construction of Kidnapping - A Critical Perspective

Drawing on fifteen years of research, including statistical analysis, archival work, and interviews with former hostages, ex-combatants, and policymakers, it reveals how kidnapping shaped Colombia's conflict and its ongoing efforts toward justice, truth, and reconciliation.

List of contents

Introduction. 1. Unpacking kidnapping, a critical approach 2. Dynamics and characterisation of kidnapping in Colombia (1970 - 2024) 3. Political kidnapping and the Colombian armed conflict 4. Analysing mutual surveillance practices during long-term kidnapping situations: the case of jungle kidnapping camps in Colombia 5. From resilience to collective memory: civil society's responses to the kidnapping phenomenon in Colombia 6. Transitional justice and kidnapping in Colombia: the long road to acknowledgement and recognition 7. Conclusion

About the author

Camilo Tamayo Gomez is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Huddersfield (UK), a Senior Adviser in Transitional Justice for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and President of the Research Committee on Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change (RC48) of the International Sociological Association (ISA). Gomez is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Transitional Justice (IJTJ).

Product details

• Authors: Camilo Tamayo Gomez, Camilo Tamayo (University of Huddersfield) Gomez
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032633237
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263323-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Warfare & defence, Regional Studies, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Legal aspects of criminology, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Criminal justice law, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Armed Conflict, Criminology: legal aspects